Improvement in methods of cutting soles from sides of leather



SAMUEL BOYD. Cutting Soles from Sides of Leather. 7 02,0.

Patented May 21,1872.

UNITED STATES TENT SAMUEL BOYD, OF. MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENT, TO WOODLEY HEEL AND SOLE CUTTING COMPANY,OF

NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

l IMPROVEMENT IN METHODS 0F CUTTING SOLES. FROM SIDES OF LEATHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,020, dated 21,1872.

To all whom lt may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BOYD, of Marlborough, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Methodof Cutting Soles for Boots and Shoes, of which the-following is Aa full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the ac` companyingdrawing making part of this specification, in whichl `Figure l is a planillustrating my method of cutting soles from a piece of leather.

To utilize the greatest percentage of the stock employed in cutting outsoles for boots and shoes is the object of my invention; which consistsina pattern of sole in which the ordinary heel portion is omitted, thisform of pattern, when reversed, being best adapted to t the line onwhich the preceding sole has been cut, and also enabling me to avoid thewaste which has heretofore occurred between the toe and heel portionswhen the full pattern of sole was employed.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out.

Adie of the form and required size of the pattern of the sole, designedby me, is placed upon the side of leather, and the sole A is cuttherefrom, after which the die is reversed so that one of its edges willnicely lit and coincide with the lin'e 5 6, upon which the soleAhas justbeen cut. When the second sole B is cut the die is again reversed sothat its toe portion a will lie toward the left, as was the case incutting the sole A, one edge of the die conforming accurately to theline or edge from 7 to 8 upon which the sole B has been cut. After onerow of soles,ABCDEFGHIJ, has been cut from the side of leather in thedirection of its length, the die isagain taken up and placed so that itstoe portion a will exactly conform or extend to the line 9, 10, 1l ofthe heel portion of the sole A, so that when the sole L is cut out nowaste .occurs between the heel portion of A and the toe portion of L, ashas heretofore been the case. The die is again reversed and the sole Mcut out in the manner previously described, no loss whatever Claim.

Y The method of cutting out soles of boots and shoes, whereby the toe ofone sole is inserted linto the heel of the other until the line across vthe toe equals the line across the heel, and no loss of stock occursbetween the soles, substantially as herein set forth.

Witness my hand this lOth day of October,

' SAMUEL BOYD.

Witnesses N. W. STEARNs, W. J. CAMBRIDGE.

